LG Oven Heating Element Replacement

The bake element is the wide coil across the floor of the oven, and it is the workhorse of every electric LG range. It carries the full heating load on a 240-volt circuit, glowing red to radiate heat upward. Because it cycles from cold to glowing on every preheat, it eventually blisters, arcs, and breaks — and when it does, the failure is usually visible to the naked eye.

Bake, Broil, and ProBake — Know Which Element#

LG ovens can have up to three elements, and it is worth confirming which one failed before ordering:

• The bake element sits on the oven floor and does most of your cooking. Part numbers in the MEE62385001, MEE62385002, and MEE62385003 family cover most models.
• The broil element runs across the ceiling for top-down heat.
• On ProBake Convection models the main heat comes from a hidden rear element behind the back panel, so a floor element that looks fine may not be your problem at all.

Symptoms of a Failed Bake Element#

• The oven will not heat on bake even though the broiler or convection still works
• You can see a break, blister, or burned-through spot on the coil
• Food browns on top but stays raw underneath — the floor element is dead and only the broiler is firing
• The oven trips the breaker when it reaches the bake stage, a sign the element has shorted to the chassis

Confirm With a Continuity Test#

Do not guess — test. Unplug the range or cut the breaker, pull the two element screws inside the cavity, and free the wires. Set a multimeter to continuity or ohms and touch the two terminals. A healthy element reads low resistance and beeps; a failed one reads open with no continuity. Also check each terminal to bare metal — if either shows continuity to ground, the element has shorted and is why the breaker trips.

Step-by-Step Replacement#

1. Cut power at the breaker. A 240-volt element is lethal — confirm the oven is dead before you touch a terminal.
2. Remove the racks. The bake element is held by two screws at the rear of the cavity floor.
3. Back out the screws and gently pull the element forward a few inches to expose the two spade terminals.
4. Slide each wire off its terminal. If a wire tries to drop behind the rear wall, clamp it so it cannot fall out of reach.
5. Push the terminals onto the new MEE62385001 element, seat it against the rear wall, and drive the two screws home.
6. Restore power and set the oven to 350°F. The new coil should glow evenly end to end within a few minutes.

Tools You Will Need#

• A Phillips or nut driver for the two mounting screws
• A multimeter for the continuity and ground check
• A pair of pliers to grip any wire that wants to slip behind the panel

Repair or Replace the Oven#

A bake element is an inexpensive part and one of the easiest repairs on the appliance, so replacing it is almost always the right call — even on an older range. Only step back to replace the whole oven if the control board or the ProBake rear element has also failed, or the cabinet has other problems stacking up.

What It Costs#

LG does not list one fixed price, because the element part is cheap and most of any professional charge is the trip and labor, which vary by region. Since this is such a quick, low-risk job, it is one of the best DIY-versus-pro savings on the whole appliance — price the exact element against your model and decide.

How Long It Lasts and How to Protect It#

A bake element commonly lasts eight to ten years. You get the most life out of one by not spilling sugary liquids directly onto the hot coil, which pits the surface, and by using the self-clean cycle sparingly — its extreme heat is the single harshest thing you can do to an element.